COVID-19
SupplySide East 2020 Canceled
As a result of the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, Informa Markets announced that SupplySide East 2020 has been canceled. The event will return April 13-14, 2021 at Meadowlands Expo Center in Secaucus, NJ. “While team SupplySide hopes that our entire country is well on the mend by late June, we believe the decision to cancel the ...
USP Offers Hand Sanitizer Toolkit in Response to COVID-19
The U.S. Pharmacopeia (USP) is offering an online toolkit with guidelines from major public health organizations on compounding alcohol-based hand sanitizers and the preparation of hand sanitizers by manufacturers, pharmacies and other facilities. The toolkit was developed to help organizations meet the demand for these products, as shortages of commercially manufactured sanitizers have occurred. The toolkit includes ...
Temper Your Transparency: Balancing Between Honesty and Oversharing
Transparency: a popular word that companies, leaders and executives toss around so much that the word itself is at risk of becoming endangered and losing its real meaning. If a company says it’s transparent, that means the company is honest and trustworthy, right? Let’s hope so, but nowadays, transparent could just mean that I’m trying ...
Contract Manufacturing Comes of Age
Brands today are embracing contract manufacturers as true partners in their products’ success. The Participants Are: Annie Eng, CEO, HP Ingredients, Bradenton, FL, https://hpingredients.com Mark LeDoux, Founder and CEO, Natural Alternatives International (NAI), Carlsbad, CA, www.nai-online.com Vincent Tricarico, Vice President of Contract Manufacturing, NutraScience Labs, Farmingdale, NY, www.nutrasciencelabs.com Eugene Ung, CEO, Best Formulations, City of ...
Industry Update 1995-2020
Nutrition Industry Executive’s 25 Years and 25 Top News Stories The natural product and dietary supplement industry has gone through a number of changes since Nutrition Industry Executive’s (NIE) debut in 1995. In honor of the magazine’s 25th anniversary, we took a look back at some of the industry’s major milestones, and reflect on the ...
NPA Calls for Inclusion of Nutritional Supplements in HSAs and FSAs
The Natural Products Association (NPA) has called for allowing nutritional and dietary supplements to be covered under Health Savings Accounts (HSA) and Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) as Congress and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) consider relaxing rules and expanding coverage during the COVID-19 crisis. “Giving people more ways to save money to support their health is ...
Dates and Comment Period for USP–NF and FCC Publications Extended
The U.S. Pharmacopeia (USP) is taking actions to help stakeholders currently facing numerous challenges with maintaining normal operations during, and responding to, the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) global pandemic. In light of these circumstances, the USP Council of Experts (CoE) has adjusted the upcoming official/effective dates for the U.S. Pharmacopeia and National Formulary (USP–NF) and Food Chemicals Codex (FCC) publications as follows: United States ...
NPA: Economic Stimulus Package Provisions Will Help Dietary Supplement Industry
The Natural Products Association (NPA) today said the bipartisan economic stimulus package passed by Congress and expected to be signed by President Trump contains a host of provisions that will help the industry, including: • $1 billion for the Defense Production Act to bolster domestic supply chains, allowing industry to increase production of personal protective equipment ...
Paragon Laboratories to Donate 3,600 N95 Masks to Local Hospitals
Paragon Laboratories (Torrance, CA), a manufacturer of dietary supplements, will donate 3,600 N95 respirators to local hospitals in the Southern California area. With the growing shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE), including masks, respirators, face shields, and gowns, health care workers are having to stretch their supplies, which poses a risk to them and the ...
Natural Ingredient Suppliers and Manufacturers Adjust to COVID-19 Fight
With the number of cases of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) growing by the day and a number of states enforcing “shelter-in-place” orders, natural product manufacturers and ingredient suppliers are adjusting their practices to meet the new realities of working during a pandemic. Guidance from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and President Trump’s declaration that workers ...
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